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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic educational technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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