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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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