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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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