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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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