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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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