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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in elearning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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