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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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