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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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