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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education have enabled students all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to understand these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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