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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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