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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning make it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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