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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Michigan State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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