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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for humans all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Slovakia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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