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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in learning technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Seychelles to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better grasp these new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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