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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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