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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education have empowered people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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