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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to understand these new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also addresses the 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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