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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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