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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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