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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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