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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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