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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in elearning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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