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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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