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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning have empowered learners all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Baker Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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