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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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