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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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