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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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