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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open educational ventures. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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