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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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