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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in online learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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