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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Guernsey to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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