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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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