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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in online education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open education ventures. Educators want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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