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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online learning are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also studies the key 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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