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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic education technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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