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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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