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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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