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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Clipperton Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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