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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in digital education technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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