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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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