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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these significant new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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