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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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