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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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