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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Michigan to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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