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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in e-learning technology enable people all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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