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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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