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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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