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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning enable humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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