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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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