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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education are making it possible for students all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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