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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to better understand these open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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