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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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