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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in online education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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