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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning enable learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to understand these significant new open education initiatives. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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