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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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