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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. 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. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like The Bahamas to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Scientists want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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