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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning make it possible for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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