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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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