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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic education technology enable students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to understand these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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