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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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