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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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