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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Helena to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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