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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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