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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning enable people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Tajikistan to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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