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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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