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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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