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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better perceive these compelling new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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