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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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