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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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