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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education have provided the means for humans all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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