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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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