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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning are enabling students all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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