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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in elearning are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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