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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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