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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in learning technology make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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