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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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