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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these interesting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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