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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational ventures. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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