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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning technology make it possible for students all over the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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