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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education have empowered humans all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational ventures. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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