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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning make it possible for humans all over the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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