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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bolivia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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