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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology make it possible for students all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This sensational new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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