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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. 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. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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