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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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