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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning have empowered students all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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