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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning enable learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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