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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning have made it possible for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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