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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in elearning technology are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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