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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Clemson University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these new open education undertakings. Educators want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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