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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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