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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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