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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in electronic educational technology make it possible for learners all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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