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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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