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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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