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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in technology-enhanced learning enable people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always 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 topics that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Argentina to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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