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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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