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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part 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. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Students want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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