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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to understand these new open education undertakings. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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