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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. 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 massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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