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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Michigan State University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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