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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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