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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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