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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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