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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC classes are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like San Diego State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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