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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Public servants want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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