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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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