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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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