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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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