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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Renton Technical College to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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