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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online learning enable humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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