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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Universities want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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