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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)