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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mongolia to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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