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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to understand these important new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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