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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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