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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Morocco to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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