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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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