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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly 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 many issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these important new open education initiatives. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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