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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bellevue University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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