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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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