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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology make it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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