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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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