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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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