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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this growing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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