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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these significant new open education undertakings. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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