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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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