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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ecuador to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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