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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in e-learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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