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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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