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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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