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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning are empowering learners all around the world to take courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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