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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in elearning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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