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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning enable people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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