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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning enable humans all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better perceive these important new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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