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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in elearning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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