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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This gripping new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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