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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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