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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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