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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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