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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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