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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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