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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. 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. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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