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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning enable students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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