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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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