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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in elearning are empowering people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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