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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in e-learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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