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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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