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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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