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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in e-learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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