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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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