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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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