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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to understand these open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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