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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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