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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning are enabling students all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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