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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in e-learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open education ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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