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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in e-learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mali to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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