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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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