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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning are empowering students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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