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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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