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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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