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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in digital education technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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