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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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