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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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