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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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