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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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