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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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