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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational initiatives. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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