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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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