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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning are enabling students all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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