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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in e-learning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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