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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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