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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in distance learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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