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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kingman Reef to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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