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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for students all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Clipperton Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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