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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in online learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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