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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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