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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology enable people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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