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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in learning technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Philippines to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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