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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Martin to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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