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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in elearning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC San Diego to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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