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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in elearning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are normally free for students 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 elearning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these open educational ventures. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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