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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Clemson University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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