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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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