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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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