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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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