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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Burundi to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open educational ventures. Trainers want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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