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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these significant new open education initiatives. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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