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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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