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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other participants desire to understand these important new open education ventures. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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