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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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