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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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