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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Corporations want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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