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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in electronic education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the major 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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