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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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