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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning enable students all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these significant new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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