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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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