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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning enable students all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guyana to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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