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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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