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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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