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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education are empowering learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Teachers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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