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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Vatican City to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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