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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open education initiatives. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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