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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johnston Atoll to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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