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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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