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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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