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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Michigan to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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