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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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