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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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