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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in digital education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational initiatives. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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