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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning enable learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Colorado State University-Global Campus to conduct these MOOCs? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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