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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning technology have enabled students all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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