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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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