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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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