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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education technology have enabled learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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