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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online learning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate 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 online MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mongolia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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