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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kiribati to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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