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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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