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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Elidaemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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