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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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