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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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