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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning have made it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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