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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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