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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning have enabled learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open educational ventures. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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