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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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