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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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