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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Brazil to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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