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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Liechtenstein to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better perceive these significant new open education undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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