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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning enable learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are usually 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 a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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