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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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