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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like North Seattle Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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