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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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