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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Laos to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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