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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in digital education technology have empowered students all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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