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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology enable students all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open educational ventures. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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