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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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