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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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