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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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