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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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