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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources