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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online learning technology enable people all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to understand these new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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