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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better understand these important new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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