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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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