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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better understand these fascinating new open education ventures. Universities want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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