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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these compelling new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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