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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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