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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Seattle Central Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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