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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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