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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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