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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education have enabled students all around the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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