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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning enable students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guernsey to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these new open educational initiatives. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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