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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses 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 online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this growing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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