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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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