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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. The latest advances in online learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better understand these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Academics want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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