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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peninsula College to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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