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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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