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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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