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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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