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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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