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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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