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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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