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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational ventures. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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