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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education ventures. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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