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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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