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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online education are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Chad to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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