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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in elearning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Brazil to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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