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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. 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 open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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