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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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