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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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