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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in electronic educational technology make it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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