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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education technology are enabling humans all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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