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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Broward College to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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