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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Fiji to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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