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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in e-learning are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also articulates the major 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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