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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in e-learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free 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 a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tanzania to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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