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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in elearning are enabling people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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