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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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