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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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