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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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