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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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