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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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