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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better understand these open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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