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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not 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 quickly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to understand these important new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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