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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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