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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this growing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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