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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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