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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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