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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mexico to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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