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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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