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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better perceive these important new open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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