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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Emory University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education endeavours. People want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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