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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in elearning have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ukraine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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