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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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