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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in electronic educational technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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