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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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