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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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