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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online education have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the key 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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