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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in e-learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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