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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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