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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also reviews the 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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