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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic educational technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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