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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like The New School to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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