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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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