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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in elearning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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