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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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