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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Educators want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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