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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions are considering in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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