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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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