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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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