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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in online learning are empowering students all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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