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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning have enabled learners all over the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Martinique to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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