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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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