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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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