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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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