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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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