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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online learning enable learners all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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