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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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