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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic educational technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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