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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like China, People's Republic of to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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