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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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