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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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