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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in digital education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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