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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bermuda to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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