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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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