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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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