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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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