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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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