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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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