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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New changes in digital education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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