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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online learning technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners 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 subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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