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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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