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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education ventures. Public servants want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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