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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bowling Green State University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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