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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning technology are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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