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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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