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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in elearning are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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