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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in digital education technology have enabled humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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