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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education undertakings. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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