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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these open educational ventures. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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