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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in e-learning are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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