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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Elidaemy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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