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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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