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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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