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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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