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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to understand these open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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