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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in electronic educational technology enable students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these compelling new open education ventures. Scholars want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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