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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for students all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Fiji to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. People want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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