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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Laos to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to understand these new open education ventures. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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