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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning are providing the means for learners in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like McHenry County College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational initiatives. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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