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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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