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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education have empowered students all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Professors want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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