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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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