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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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