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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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