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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Saint Helena to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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