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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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