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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online education enable humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Jersey to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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