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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Educators want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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