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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Greenland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open education ventures. Students want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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