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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Slovakia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to understand these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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