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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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