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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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