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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in digital education technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Montserrat to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these new open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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