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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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