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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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