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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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