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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Marshall Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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