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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online education enable people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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