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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the key 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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