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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Gabon to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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