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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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