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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ecuador to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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