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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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