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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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