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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Clemson University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this expanding demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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