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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Argentina to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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