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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in elearning have empowered learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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