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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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