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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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