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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Universities want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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