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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in digital education technology enable people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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