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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational undertakings. Universities want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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