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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in digital education technology make it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines 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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