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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to understand these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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