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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning enable students all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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