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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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