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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Finland to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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