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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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