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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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