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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like China, People's Republic of to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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