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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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