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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these compelling new open education undertakings. Public servants want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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