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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open education endeavours. Scientists want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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