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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Denmark to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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