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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bellevue University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Academics want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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