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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in digital education technology enable people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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