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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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