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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better perceive these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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