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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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