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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online education are enabling humans all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to understand these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education