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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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