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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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