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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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