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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open education ventures. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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