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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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