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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in electronic education technology enable humans all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Students want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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