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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online learning enable students all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Renton Technical College to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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