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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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