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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other participants want to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also deals with the key 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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