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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in electronic education technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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