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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education undertakings. People want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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