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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to understand these promising new open education undertakings. Educators want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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