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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in elearning are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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