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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses online. 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 online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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