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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning enable people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open education ventures. Educators want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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