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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning make it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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