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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education are empowering humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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