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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic educational technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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