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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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