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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Italy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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