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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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