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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in e-learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better perceive these interesting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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