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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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