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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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