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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these significant new open educational ventures. People want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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