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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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