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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better perceive these significant new open education ventures. Professors want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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