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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in online education technology enable people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Monaco to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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