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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wake Island to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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