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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in elearning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. People want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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