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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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