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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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