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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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