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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning have made it possible for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other participants would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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