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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online education technology enable students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guadeloupe to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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