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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Colombia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. People want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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