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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning are enabling humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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