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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in electronic educational technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education ventures. Professors want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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