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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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