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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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