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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education technology make it possible for humans all over the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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