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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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