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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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