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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in elearning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Albania to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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