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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scholars want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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