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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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