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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cuba to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these open education ventures. Researchers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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