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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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