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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Hong Kong to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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