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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open education endeavours. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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