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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Afghanistan to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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