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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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