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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in elearning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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