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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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