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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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