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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these interesting new open education undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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