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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better grasp these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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