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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education are enabling people all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guernsey to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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