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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online education have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are generally free for students 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 numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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