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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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