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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning have enabled humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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