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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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