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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like China, People's Republic of to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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