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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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