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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Academics want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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