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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in elearning enable students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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