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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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