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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to understand these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Academics want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also studies the 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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