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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in elearning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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