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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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