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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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