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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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