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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education technology enable people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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