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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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