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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education undertakings. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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