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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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