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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Brazil to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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