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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Belize to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these new open education initiatives. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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