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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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