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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in technology-enhanced learning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these MOOCs? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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