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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in technology-enhanced learning enable people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Greenland to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to understand these open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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