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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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