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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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