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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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