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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Jordan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better understand these important new open education initiatives. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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