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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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