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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning enable learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like North Seattle Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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