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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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