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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in elearning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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