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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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