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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning have enabled students all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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