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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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