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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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