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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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