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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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