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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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