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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in e-learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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