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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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