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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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