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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these interesting new open education undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also reviews the key 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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