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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Reunion to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. People want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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