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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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