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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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