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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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