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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic educational technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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