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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are considering in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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