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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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