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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology make it possible for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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