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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online education make it possible for students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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