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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning are empowering learners all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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