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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in digital education technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like New Caledonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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