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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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